Effect of feeding rate and composition for bioconversion of wastewater treatment plant sludge from the milk and creamer processing industries using black soldier fly larvae by Ursada Riang, Bagastyo Arseto Yekti, Purnomo Alfan

“…The highest larva weight was obtained from substrates containing mixed fruit-vegetable wastes:fish wastes ratio of 1:1, with the addition of creamer and milk sludge of 50%, i.e., 0.250 gram WM/larva after 17 days of growth. …”
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Indirect determination of FMDV 146S component concentration in non-inactivated suspension by comparison of graphs of the second derivative for real-time RT-PCR curves by M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, V. A. Starikov, D. A. Lozovoy, A. V. Borisov

“…The proposed model allows to quantitatively estimate the content of 146S component in virus-containing vaccine raw materials. The presented method allows studying a large number of samples of non-inactivated raw materials for FMD vaccine in 4–5 hours. …”
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Bacteriological Quality of Table Eggs in Moroccan Formal and Informal Sector by Fatima Zahra El Ftouhy, Saâdia Nassik, Sabrine Nacer, Ahlam Kadiri, Nadia Charrat, Kawtar Attrassi, Asma Fagrach, Mohammed Amine Bahir, Sophia Derqaoui, Abdelaziz Hmyene

“…Eggs constitute an important part of the Moroccan diet. However, contaminated eggs can cause a serious public health problem if consumed undercooked, uncooked, or used in unpasteurized egg foodstuffs. …”
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Application of synthesized Fe3O4@Gelatin nanoparticles on interfacial properties and enhanced oil recovery by Hossein Ghalenavi, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Mahin Schaffie, Saeid Norouzi-Apourvari

“…In the micromodel flooding tests, the seawater containing 0.06 wt. % Fe3O4@Gelatin NPs had the highest oil recovery factor (RF = 42.9%) compared to the seawater containing 0.06 wt. % Fe3O4 NPs (RF = 33.92%) and only seawater (RF = 26.57%), due to more IFT reduction and altering the surface wettability from oil-wet to strongly water-wet. …”
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Association between time consumption of electronic screens with eating behaviors and academic performance for pupils in elementary schools by Mohammed A. S. Al-Wily, Luay A. M. Al-Waly

“…A questionnaire was developed that contains four parts: The first part contains two sections: the demographic information of students; the additional portion: information about pupils’ time consumption of electronic screens. third part: the pupils’ eating behaviors. …”
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Newly isolated halotolerant Gordonia terrae S-LD serves as a microbial cell factory for the bioconversion of used soybean oil into polyhydroxybutyrate by Song Xu, Ruiqin Han, Lidan Tao, Zhipeng Zhang, Junfei Gao, Xinyuan Wang, Wei Zhao, Xiaoxia Zhang, Zhiyong Huang

“…The findings indicate that this strain can synthesize PHB at a level of 2.63 ± 0.6 g/L in a waste-containing medium containing 3% NaCl within a 3 L triangular flask, accounting for 66.97% of the cell dry weight. …”
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Identification of species in the genus Nitraria L. (Nitrariaceae) based on nucleotide variability of nuclear ribosomal DNA by T. A. Poliakova, E. V. Banaev, M. A. Tomoshevich

“…The ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region contained 17 phylogenetically informative single-nucleotide polymorphisms. …”
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Patterns of natural regeneration of pine forests in the Left-Bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine by Volodymyr P. Pasternak, Tetiana S. Pyvovar, Anna V. Garmash

“…Natural regeneration in pine-dominated stands is characterized by an age of 4–8 years and a low number of plants per hectare (1,000 [500–2,000]), with few plots containing enough regeneration (over 3,000 plants per hectare) to form a new forest stand without additional planting. …”
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Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Giant Gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy Lac.) by M. Agus Suprayudi, Mia Setiawati

“…Diet containing phosphorus at the level of 0,32, 0,63, 0,89 and 1,06% respectively. …”
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Application of alternative <i>de novo</i> motif recognition models for analysis of structural heterogeneity of transcription factor binding sites: a case study of FOXA2 binding sit... by A. V. Tsukanov, V. G. Levitsky, T. I. Merkulova

“…Although the major fraction of predicted peaks contained TFBS of different models with coincided positions, the medians of the fraction of peaks containing the predictions of sole models were 1.08, 0.49, 4.15 and 1.73 % for PWM, diPWM, BaMM and InMoDe, respectively. …”
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Effect of Maggot Flour (Hermetia illucens larvae) on Histopathology of Koi carp <I>(Cyprinus carpio)</I> Muscles and Gills Infected with <I>Edwarsiella tarda</I> by Hengki Pradana, Arief Prajitno, Maftuch Maftuch

“…Maggot contains a high protein which ranges from 41-42%. Besides that, maggot also has a good effect on increasing the body resistance of fish. …”
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Deciphering the regulatory programs of RNA binding proteins in rheumatoid arthritis through single-cell transcriptome analysis by Hongbin Luo, Qunya Zheng, Youzheng Zhou, Weipeng Lai, Nanwen Zhang, Peng Chen

“…Furthermore, three upregulated genes (spectrin repeat containing nuclear envelope protein 2 [SYNE2], S100 calcium binding protein A9 [S100A9], and interferon induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 3 [IFIT3]) and four downregulated genes (ribonuclease 1 [RNASE1], granulin [GRN], FN1, and sorbin and SH3 domain containing 2 [SORBS2]) were co-expressed in RA-associated RBPs and ASEs. …”
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Microbial diversity, functional attributes, and nutritional proficiency of yogurts produced in Bangladesh by Md. Tanvir Islam, M. Shaminur Rahman, Susmita Roy Chowdhury, Tanay Chakrovarty, S. M. Kador, Md. Mazharul Islam, Khondoker Tanjim Islam, Mohammad Imtiaj Uddin Bhuiyan, Ovinu Kibria Islam

“…In contrast, local yogurts contained higher fat and lower sodium, appealing to consumers favoring richer textures with less salt. …”
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Preparation and Photocatalytic Characterization of Modified Nano TiO2/Nd/Rice Husk Ash Material for Rifampicin Removal in Aqueous Solution by Thuy Dang Thi Ngoc, Ha Nguyen Thi, Dung Nguyen Duc, Sen Nguyen Thi, Toan Nguyen Duc, Nam Nguyen Hoang

“…The rifampicin removal efficiency of TiO2/Nd materials with 0.36 to 0.80% Nd contents was approximately 40% higher than that of TiO2/Nd containing 0.01 to 0.28% Nd. A new photocatalytic TiO2/Nd/rice husk ash material was developed to decompose rifampicin. …”
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Sarco(endo)plasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase-2 Gene: Structure and Transcriptional Regulation of the Human Gene by Angel Zarain-Herzberg, Georgina Alvarez-Fernandez

“…The hSERCA2 gene is located in chromosome 12 position q24.1 in Contig NT_009770.8, spans 70 kb, and is organized in 21 exons intervened by 20 introns. …”
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AMPK Activation in TET2 Downregulated Leukemia Cells Upon Glutamine Limitation by Ahsen Merve BAYRAK, Burcu YUCEL

“…Results: The numbers and viability of TET2-knockdown HL-60 cells were decreased in low glutamine-containing medium, but the viability of TET2-knockdown HL-60 cells was higher than that of control cells. …”
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Prospects of using zein markers in breeding waxy maize lines and varieties by V. V. Sidorova, Yu. A. Kerv, G. V. Matveeva, A. V. Konarev

“…The solution for zein extraction contained 6 M urea and 0.01 M dithiothreitol. Results. …”
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Morphometric, histometric and histomorphological investigation of the effects of different ratios safflower (chartamus tinctorius l.) oil supplements on glandula uropygialis in jap... by İsmail Demircioğlu, Bestami Yılmaz, Kürşat Filikçi, Gülşah Güngören, Faruk Bozkaya

“…All groups were fed with isoenergic ration containing 21% crude protein and 3100 kCal metabolic energy during six weeks. …”
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Role of sulphate-based additives on the early age properties of Portland cement incorporating alumina-rich ladle furnace slag by Chee Lok Yong, Tee How Tan, Haider Hamad Ghayeb, Suhana Koting, Kim Hung Mo

“…Notably, 1 % CS exhibits superior mechanical strength in specimens containing 25 % LFS, with increment of 38 %, 85 %, and 49 % at 2d, 7d, and 28d, respectively. …”
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Investigation of Sandstone Mesostructure Damage Caused by Freeze-Thaw Cycles via CT Image Enhancement Technology by Hui Liu, Gengshe Yang, Yehui Yun, Jianghao Lin, Wanjun Ye, Huimei Zhang, Yao Zhang

“…Based on the microphysical information contained in these CT images, pseudo-color-enhancement of the CT images of rocks subjected to freeze-thaw cycles was realized. …”
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